Actinobalanus bisulcatus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: †Actinobalanus
†Species: Actinobalanus bisulcatus

Name

• †Actinobalanus bisulcatus (Darwin, 1854): 293
  • Geological and stratigraphic age: middle Miocene, France; Pliocene, Western Europe; Paleogene records probably misidentified
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Type locality: Coralline Crag, Ramsholt, Gedrave, Sutton, England
  • Typus: Lectotype BMNH, shell figured in Darwin, 1854 pl. 2, fig. 2a
  • ZooBank: 99A397E2-3DC2-4F65-AEA8-362BC9530D08

References

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 293, as Balanus bisulcatus]

• Carriol, R.-P. 2008. New genus and new species of Cirripedia (Chthamalidae, Tetraclitidae, Archaeobalanidae and Balanidae) from the Middle Miocene of the faluns of Touraine (France). Zootaxa 1675: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.  [See p. 40]
• Davidie, C. 1963. Étude des Balanes d'Europe et d'Afrique. Systématique et structure des Balanes d'Europe et d'Afrique. Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 146. Reference page.  [See p. 74, as Balanus (Armatobalanus) bisulcatus]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 49, as Actinobalanus bisulcatus, and as Actinobalanus bisulcatus plicatus]
• Zullo, V.A. & Perreault, R.T. 1989. Review of Actinobalanus Moroni (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), with the description of new Miocene species from Florida and Belgium. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(1): 1–12. article Reference page.  [See p. 3]